Show I I I THE By GRANTLAND RICE I Copi COI right 1924 New ew York erk ork Tri Tn- Tribune bune Inc Ino R Re ls tereci U L S Patent Office il ii Un Ci 4 CC H Ther Thero are arc lost lanes lane o of mourning That soon oon will call all us back back here old trees tree bend and anti whisper To tho those thos who know the track Lanes dipped od in dew and nd That all the th lot lost winds know here herp all 11 who walk are ankle deep Once more mor In April snow eno mO W mo may grow irrow old eld In wInter Where Whre the bleak to town ton n I Is gla A As wild sno snows send their legions Against a world orld at bay Hut But when hen the th dogwood blossoms the rains Who can be b old In April hen en wild Ud plum crowns crown the lanes Ther Thelo scandal fades Cortel for i I With greed treed and envy don dono As A frendl friendly tree trees around us Nod od In the th golden sun aun I And when hen old chests come troopIng troop- troop lug Int Or one on dim dint dream drem remains ren tho ho can be Old ld In April When dogwood ero crowns ne the lanes What hat position In kids I Ithe the Greatest lu alue to a team learn I Hero Heres Here's Her another chance chanc for tor one on of I those earl early sprIng arguments that open the fashionable chit chat of the ca cr ear r John McGraw w once one Hans Hons Wagner as a moro more pla er than TV Cobb ha- ha be because cause shortstop In his opinion was s 's a more important sector than the outfield IRE MOST T T I SECTOR I Dear S I note nOll not our story In which you refer to the Ibo National league loague eon con teat con test tet of this ear car for tor the most moat I player Funn Funny thing to tome tome tome me Grantland why hy the th pitcher pilcher does not cut more mor ice In th I most selection player deal deal o I tou ou mention only 1 Horn b and Frisch as possible e contenders contender lt ItIs I I al always aYI so The American league learue picked Sis Sis- SIs SIs-ler Ier a a tint first baseman the very sery ery sear ear that I Bush n a pitcher r won the pen pen- pen pennant pant nant for tor hh his r team The nn next yea vea they el select ct Ruth RuU a light tl fielder lder Was I Ruth lh as a valuable to the e Tan Tan- Tan keen kees as a Pennock n Who Vho h he hC C could d the Tanks have spared best loet Ruth and Ward ard or Pennock and Jon Jones These The tw t o 0 pitchers pitcher w on on forty and lost Mt I t only fourteen games gaines Hon Ho HoI I many games antes better heller than the see sec second sec second ond OntI outfielder wa 1 wat Ruth Huth It IL I Is ha haul haid d for tor me to figure out how any batsman batman or fielder or runner can excel a a great pitcher In individual worth north orth to 10 a n team hat hat is value aluc It I li Is aid and abetment to higher hiher standing In Inthe Inthe Inthe the pennant race raco or course re cours r suits How Ho about Luque lh the Red pItcher as ps a contender on hi his last laet I Jimmy Ring of ef the s won o eighteen n and d ot sixteen fO fOo for tor a t tall end te team How I Is that for tor just jut ra raw ran sheer hoor value vl flames won twenty and nd lost leet lo tonly only thirteen for St Louis helping his club standIng It seems seem to inen mo ins it a much as l Hornsb did And In connection I note nole not that some folks select elect Bottomley 0 oer er Horns Horn Hornby Hornsby Horns Horns-by by on last lt seasons season's record pitched to tl twenty twenty-fisa t enty times and bowed In defeat In thirteen lames games I I i Ito He H ought to 10 be considered In I I nor Trai Contest r on lot on this And Tra- Tra TraI nor the tho th ioune oun oung third sacker by bv bythe I the way ay i Is comIng fast fa t a as ono one on of the great of the th game cam ax I axI Carey Is III as wonderful as aa ever eter Chicago ha has In Grantham a ar r and 0 built UP- UP UPI UPon upon up upon on whose hooe d of last lait vesi eat at- at almost al almost I most anything might r re he e possible this season uon Vance Vanco Vane and Grimes Brooklyn I pitchers pilcher ought to be candidates I nt at leat and so 80 had 01 Zac Zack I t hot heat Joe Jo Genewich Gene l h the th Boston kid pitcher might startle the tho league this ear or Bancroft the th player player- player manager mIght life liCe lit his team CULLEN CULLIN CAIN CAI DS lOR OR A AN ARGUMENT ET Here Her I Is all the material for tor an n j argument that tiny any anyone one on would want One reason rason hv the th pitch pitch- I 1 o t I er cr is so often t overlooked o Is that I he works ork In only thirty or thirty thirty- thirty fl the games gam out of 14 IH He H is more mor on the th day he works than any other pia er erOr Or rather he h Is holding the themore themore more Important post pot But he h Is only there ther In one start out of ot fit the fie e Would ouid a pitcher for tor example on the day he h works work be b five CIe Re times valuable as Ruth or Sieler or Hornsby Hornby or Frisch upon a general generala a a crag When hen hen Ed Walsh was as working I In sixty the e games gaines winning Inning I to oty And saing many others other there was no Questioning his stately pre pre- pre Luque winning ten r sven tv-sven t tee ee en game fram by great pitching was wao c certainly a as Important a as nou Roush h batting 33 3 to the th Red cause But we doubt that Pen Pen- Pennock Pennock nock winning nineteen game gaines amen wee a as Important ax ay Ruth with his IS run runs scored and almost ns as many othe othen driven In by fOlly fouty- lone I one on home homo runs two forty 0 dou dou- doubles doubles bles bIos and thirteen triples The Th pitcher pilcher dee deserves to be con con- considered con considered But to be b considered he should be b good Rood fo for a turn of oft t fie nl e or thirty If Ith Is club It ItIs Itis ItIs he I on a three one Is no amazing feat teat to 10 win In twenty I ball games eames for tor a club with the punch and run making power ot of the Yankees and TIgers r Last I ast i f season eason New e ew York Tork Tor Detroit and j f Cleeland Cle eland averaged nearly six elx runs a game fam I No 1 o phenomenal pitching I I mIte I a was needed to win In twenty or tle tiP tames games with nith that sup sup- sup supporting I potting porting barrage of precious rallies ailles i In the th lat It decade decad or so 00 Walter Ur Johnson Johnon Christy Mathewson Ed d I I Walsh and and Grover Groter Alexander Ale ha have hae e been ben the mot mOst mo t valuable contributors I JackI tor tore tors to their home chapters chapter Jack Jacl I Chesbro Chebro certainly was tas to the anks h when n he turned In tort fort three orti-three three victories But not many man of r I those old legionnaires gre re left I-Ct l On Only Iv t two 0 or three thre reach the th t ten tv en- en I IOn Iv-fh Iv fie tv-fie e mal malk k list ht eaon should hould have hae been a II strong contender con con- 1 tender I |